# HBO secures Sarah Snook series inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-birds-reboot-sarah-snook-to-lead-hbo-limited-series-take-on-hitchcock-classic/
- Published: 2026-10-27T20:09:23+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T20:18:22+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-birds-reboot-sarah-snook-hbo-series-hitchcock-1236932282/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, TV

## Key points

- HBO has picked up a limited series inspired by *The Birds*.
- Sarah Snook will star as a mother investigating a disappearance.
- The story links the crime to unexplained bird attacks.

## Summary

HBO has secured the developing limited series inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s *The Birds*, with Sarah Snook set to star. The move brings the project to the network after it was reported to be on the market over the summer, and gives the classic horror story a new television adaptation.

Snook will play Myra Massey, who returns home with her daughter while escaping a custody battle and investigating a childhood friend’s disappearance. Tom Spezialy wrote the pilot and will executive produce alongside Snook, David Heyman, Danny Samit and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings. Daphne du Maurier’s story was published in 1952 and Hitchcock’s film was released in 1963; HBO is co-producing the series with Universal Global Television.

## Coverage

- [Variety: HBO secures Sarah Snook series inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds](https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/the-birds-reboot-sarah-snook-hbo-series-hitchcock-1236932282/)
- [The Hollywood Reporter: ‘The Birds’ Series With Sarah Snook in the Works at HBO](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sarah-snook-the-birds-series-hbo-development-1236741125/)

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